Step 4: Package the Electronics!

Step 5: Test the Fire-breathing!

Now is the time to build a huge snowman and put the box in it so you can have a fire-breathing snowman! Other possible uses include pumpkins fo...

This instructable will teach you how to fabricate an RC controlled Firebox which then can be placed into anything you want to make Fire-breathing. I live in Boston and we completed this project just in time for the supersnowstorm Nemo that hit us in February 2013, thus we decided to make a fire-breathing snowman.

The core of the flamethrower mechanism is a a bottle of WD-40 that sprays oil at a lit candle/lighter and acts like a flamethrower. This project is a good combination of rapid prototyping + some basic power electronics.

Step 1: Get the materials!

You'll need:

1. WD-40 Can

A can of WD-40 (get a 12oz can) This should be readily available at your nearby hardware store.

2. Actuator

Get a "door-lock actuator", these are linear actuators that sometimes are put on cars to automate the door locking mechanism (they press the button down for you when you hit a button on the driver side). These should be available from Amazon or Ebay, here is an example: